More Ribbons

CONGRATULATIONS !

Chirsty and Zorro competed at Sacramento Valley Boxer Specialty in Dixon on Friday. Charlie took some great photos and Zorro did some good heeling. Here is what Christy had to say:

We sure got a lot of bang for our 1821/2. I still can't believe we earned HIT! I haven't had so much fun in a long time! What a neat way to get your first novice leg.

Indy Ribbons

Congratulations to Sue and Indy. They earned a blue ribbon in Colors this weekend. Sue said he did a great gamble too.

Get Well Wishes

Lea gave Jennifer quite a scare this week and puzzled the vets. Nothing showed up on the x-ray or sonogram. Thanks in part to Jennifer's insistence that "yes she is lethargic"and her inability to keep water down, it was discovered after surgery that she had ingested a piece of rubber.

Bottom line is that those of us who are very active with our dogs know when something isn't right. Maggie, Helen Marie, Donna, myself and I'm sure many of you can attest to that!

We hope Lea gets that spring back into her step very soon.

News From Maggie

Birdie did a nice job in PA. She was High Scoring Kerry the first two days with a 3rd and a 2nd in STD. No Q's the third day and a JWW Q the last. She got a QQ in Carson City this past weekend on Sunday and a 1st place in STD on Friday.

Riley continues to improve slowly. He practices in the yard and is entered in the Invitational [Dec in Long Beach]. There are a couple matches coming up at the trials in Rancho Cordova. I think I will let him have a run at those and see how he does.

Halloween Invitation

Here are some of the photos from last year.

If you have not already done so, please let us know if you will attend and how many dogs you will bring.

Oct 31

9:30 a.m.

photos

dunking for hotdogs

games

Focus Class Revised Schedule

Thank you to those who responded promptly to the e-mail message regarding the Focus Classes. By popular request we have switched the Nov 14 date to the 21st! Here are the final dates:

November 7 and 21 will focus on crosses (which one/how/when/where)

December 5 and 12 is open for suggestions.

PROUD WEIM!

Congratulations to Sue and Indy on their Saturday wins.

I am so proud of Indy! He was entered in 2 classes today: Fullhouse and Standard (both Level 1). He was the 2nd dog at 8:00 a.m. and full of energy. He did not take the course I had made in Fullhouse to get the required 19 points. His course got 27 points! First Place out of 2 - 24 inch dogs. He could get away with it in Fullhouse but not Standard.

The Standard course required 2 front crosses. While walking it I could here you both reminding me to cross closest to the obstacle. There was a choice between a jump off to the side or go offcourse straight ahead to the tunnel. He followed my command! and took the jumps. Bear in mind that he was the only 24 inch dog, but he got 1st place with 0 faults and did it in 34.78 seconds!

FALL SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 31, will be our annual Halloween photo shoot followed by some games. Time is 9:30. We will have a costume for your dog to wear for the photo or you can bring your own. All classes are invited to this.

We have Focus Classes planned for the following Saturday mornings: Nov. 7 and 14, Dec 5 and 12. You can sign up for the 4 dates for $60 or pay drop in of $20 per Saturday. These are for Classes #1 and #2. The Foundation class will have a separate schedule.

Handler & Dog

Ube and Rollo photo by Jennifer Burns

HOT Ribbon!

Dixon was hot this weekend! But there were some ribbons!

Magnum (above) earned his Excellent Standard Preferred Title with a First Place.

Merlot (below) earned two Open Standard legs, with a Third Place on Saturday and a First Place on Sunday.

Echo and I still have work to do on contacts. They are something we will need to on a regular basis - just like the weaves. I was pleased she got Sunday's weave entries.

Donna an Ube came to visit on Saturday. Ube is looking very grown up!

Christy and Zorro participated on Saturday, I missed their runs. Same with Jennifer and Kerry on Saturday but I did get to see their Standard run on Sunday. They did a super job on the closing sequence which looked

like a large "P". It had a pinwheel with a front cross and then two jumps out - in Novice.

We wish Maggie good luck in PA at her Nationals with Bird. She had to leave Riley home because of a possible neurological problem. She asked to be remembered in our thoughts and prayers.

Good Luck this weekend!

And think Cool Thoughts!

Stay Cool

Here are some Alaska photos to help you stay cool! We had good weather where it counted and we saw eagles and whales!

Schedule Reminders

Wednesday, Sept 9 and 16 classes will be 6 to 7:30. The field is divided into a contact course and a weaves section with different course numbers each week. Half the class should be able to work contacts while the others work on weaves. Class #1 and #2 will work together.

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Session 6 - $90

Class #1 (Peanut, Chudleigh, Lea, Gem, Rocky)

Wednesday Sept 23, 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28

TIME: 5:40

Class #2

Friday Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

TIME: 5:40

Foundation Class

Friday Sept 4, Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 26, 23

Time: 4:30

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How does Saturday sound to everyone when we switch to weekends?

In November and December we are planning to offer 2 hour Focus classes on the weekends. We should be able to get 4 or 5 of these in, weather permitting. Time would probably be 9:30 a.m. If you like Saturday we will stick with that in January.

SUPER STARS!

Congratulations to the SUPER STAR weave handlers and dogs this week in Class #1!

Not only were they doing 6 straight weaves but they did them from jumps! I didn't get to video everyone, but here are two dogs that didn't get taped last week.

First there are two clips of Gem followed by a slow motion showing how much work and concentration goes into weaving! The last clip is Lea taking the weaves from a jump. She is two stepping the weaves.

Keep on having FUN WITH WEAVES!

Broad Jump Practice

Watch Lea and Ube "bounce" the waterfall in this slow motion clip of Friday's post! If dogs are motivated they will RUN even in the heat! In this case it's Echo they are chasing, but it could be us on the agility field. - STAY COOL this weekend!

Foundation Playtime

Thursday was a hot night for the dogs and their handlers.

But it wasn't too hot for the dogs to play after class.

Stay cool this weekend!

Weaving This Week

Although the class was small this week, we had some good progress on the weaves. The first part of the video shows Rocky doing 6 poles for the first time! Then we have Chudleigh doing 4 straight with Christy on either side. I didn't get to video Lea doing 6 straight from a jump so I've included Kerry doing 6 from a chute at Napa's trial. Next week I hope to film Lea and the others who were not here this week.

Congratulations to the weave handlers. Keep having fun with your weaves!

Super Weavers!

Coffee's Beans at 3+ weeks

See if you can spot which is the only Rough Collie.

FunPhotos

This was the opening to the Excellent Standard course on Sunday.

Tire to green jump to pink jump on left, a fourth jump straight ahead and then the dog walk on the right.

This weekend's courses were some of the most challenging this year.

Saturday in both Jumpers and Standard only 4 Excellent B 20" dogs qualified out of 46! I have extra copies of Sunday's jumpers for anyone that would like to see what Novice, Open and Excellent looked like.

They were fun to run.

Check out all the smiles!

Everyone tried hard and the dogs were super to put up with the heat.

Please post your brags both large and small in the comments below.